Attorneys filed a series of motions on Oct. 23 to \u2064dismiss Special\u200d Counsel Jack Smith’s unprecedented case against former\u2064 President Donald Trump, which could potentially result in a 35-year\u2064 prison sentence.\u200c These new\u200c motions, filed late Monday night, \u2062argue for the dismissal of the \u2063case on both statutory and constitutional grounds. They also claim that \u200dthe prosecution is \u200c”selective and vindictive,” pointing \u200cto U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s personal animosity towards\u200b Trump and his supporters.\u200d Chutkan, \u2062an Obama appointee, has refused to recuse herself from the case despite her public expressions of bias.<\/p>\n

The motions set the stage for\u200c a potential appeal\u2063 to the Supreme Court. The constitutional motion argues that\u200d Smith’s entire case against Trump is based \u200don\u200c prosecuting his speech, \u200dwhich is protected by\u2064 the First Amendment. It asserts that Trump’s advocacy regarding perceived fraud \u2063and irregularities in the 2020 election should not be criminalized. The\u200c motion also \u2063highlights\u2062 Chutkan’s\u2062 characterization of Trump’s claims as “conspiracy theories.”<\/p>\n

The constitutional dismissal motion argues<\/a> that Trump cannot be retried for the same conduct that the United States Senate previously acquitted him of. It \u2064also asserts that Trump lacked fair notice that his advocacy could be criminalized, given the tradition of forceful political \u2064advocacy regarding election fraud. The motion cites \u2064Supreme Court cases affirming the right to free speech, even when\u2064 statements are false.<\/p>\n

Another motion\u2064 seeks to protect Trump’s\u200b rights in a case that may involve a Washington, DC jury pool heavily biased against \u2062him. It requests the removal\u200b of\u2062 “inflammatory allegations” from\u2063 Smith’s indictment,\u2064 as they are not relevant and could prejudice \u2063the\u200d jury.<\/p>\n

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A footnote in the \u200cconstitutional\u200b motion references The Federalist’s reporting on election interference, a Time article depicting\u2063 leftists’ efforts\u200d to influence the 2020 election, and a CNN poll showing\u2064 a significant\u2063 percentage of \u200bAmericans doubting the election’s legitimacy. The motion argues that criminalizing false \u2064beliefs is unconstitutional and\u200b would make powerful individuals the \u2063arbiters of truth. It emphasizes the importance of public debate \u200don election fairness.<\/p>\n
The\u2064 motion\u2062 concludes by \u200bhighlighting the long history\u2064 of\u2063 fiercely contested\u200b elections in America and the precedent of challenging election\u200b results<\/a>. It also mentions the disinformation campaign against Trump \u2064during \u200dhis presidency and\u200d the assistance provided by the Democrat-run White House.<\/p>\n
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<\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The current \u200bDemocrat-run White\u200c House is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcdaniel-big-tech-suppressed-the-truth-about-covid-19\/\" title=\"McDaniel: Big Tech Suppressed The Truth About COVID-19\u00a0\">actively suppressing information<\/a> about these historical facts. A case regarding this issue\u200c is\u200b currently before the Supreme\u200b Court, which has temporarily allowed Democrats to continue interfering with elections by controlling the flow of information.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063constitutional motion argues that all\u200b the alleged acts charged in the indictment have a long \u200chistorical precedent in American electoral history and have traditionally been \u2063decided \u200cin\u200d the political arena. Trump’s lawyers contend that he is the first person to\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belarusian-authorities-raid-homes-and-offices-of-journalists-and-activists\/\" title=\"Belarusian Authorities Raid Homes And Offices Of Journalists And Activists\">face criminal charges<\/a> for disputing the outcome of an election and that the\u2063 language of the statutes used against him is being stretched beyond recognition by the Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"du5fF1y0anLv9SoCoj0K2cekfLIZw3DBq1D4NYGMIO8UPejcPXw5WgmFtbVi67zhTJCyGrtlhXN8A9\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Of course this only \u200cscratches the surface of how leading \u200cDemocrats and the media have denied election results in recent past. If DOJ applied equal \u200bstandards to everyone, most\u200b of\u2063 the Democratic Party \u2062and\u2063 nearly every news reporter would be on \u2062trial\u200b for\u2062 Russia collusion hoax \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gz2UVPbbTT\">pic.twitter.com\/gz2UVPbbTT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Julie Kelly \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@julie_kelly2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julie_kelly2\/status\/1716821456603246721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Selective and Vindictive\u2062 Prosecution\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>A third motion filed on Monday night \u2063argues for the dismissal of the \u2063case based \u200bon “selective and vindictive prosecution.” It highlights \u200cPresident\u2062 Joe\u2064 Biden’s pressure on\u200d the Department of Justice to prosecute his political opponent in both the\u2063 previous and upcoming elections. The\u200d motion cites reports that senior DOJ \u2063officials\u200b initially rejected pursuing\u200c legal action against Trump. \u2063It\u200b also mentions Biden’s public statements expressing\u2064 his objective to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">criminal justice system<\/a> against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump’s \u2064lawyers argue that the case is\u200b a \u2063retaliatory response to his \u200bdecisions as Commander In Chief, his exercise of constitutional rights, and his candidacy for political office. They point out that Chutkan has already \u2062imposed a gag\u200d order\u2063 on Trump, prohibiting him from criticizing the DOJ or engaging in certain speech. Violating this order could result in\u200c fines, home detention, or \u200cjail time for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The motion concludes by\u200d urging \u2062Chutkan to dismiss the indictment or,\u2063 at the\u2064 very least, hold a hearing to examine further evidence of the prosecution’s vindictiveness\u2063 towards Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlstb89e9-d4016b81d16dc856fb2f3d590089fcc2 fdrlstb89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d4016b81d16dc856fb2f3d590089fcc2\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> rnrn <\/p>\n<h2> What \u200care the main \u200darguments put forth in the motions\u2062 to dismiss the case against \u2064former President Trump?<\/h2>\n<p><span> Attorneys File Motions to Dismiss Case Against Former President Trump<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys have\u2063 recently \u200dfiled a series\u200d of motions, on October \u200d23rd, seeking to dismiss Special Counsel Jack Smith’s unprecedented case against former President Donald Trump. The\u200d case, \u2063if successful, could\u2063 potentially result in a 35-year prison sentence for Trump. These new motions, which were \u200dfiled late on Monday night, argue for\u2064 the dismissal\u200c of the \u200ccase on both statutory and constitutional grounds.<\/p>\n<p>One of \u2064the main arguments\u200c put forth in these motions is that\u2063 the prosecution is “selective and vindictive,” \u200bpointing to U.S. District Judge\u200d Tanya Chutkan’s personal animosity towards Trump and\u2062 his supporters. Despite her\u2063 public\u2064 expressions of bias, Chutkan, an Obama appointee, has\u2062 refused to recuse herself from the case.<\/p>\n<p>The motions also set the stage for a potential appeal to the Supreme\u2062 Court. The constitutional motion\u2064 argues that \u200bthe entire case against Trump is based on prosecuting his speech, which is protected\u2064 by the First Amendment. It \u200basserts that Trump’s advocacy\u2064 regarding perceived\u2063 fraud and \u2064irregularities in the 2020 election should not be criminalized. The motion also highlights Chutkan’s characterization of \u200bTrump’s claims\u200c as “conspiracy theories.”<\/p>\n<p>The August indictment by Smith\u200b accuses Trump of criminal \u200dconspiracies and obstructions related to his disputes about the 2020 election’s reliability. However, the constitutional dismissal motion argues \u2063that Trump cannot be \u2064retried for the same conduct \u2063that the \u2064United States Senate previously acquitted him of. It also asserts that Trump\u2062 lacked fair notice that his advocacy could be criminalized, given the \u200btradition of forceful political advocacy regarding election fraud.\u200c The motion cites Supreme Court \u200ccases affirming the right to free speech, even when statements are false.<\/p>\n<p>Another motion seeks to protect Trump’s rights in \u2063a\u2064 case that \u200cmay\u200b involve a Washington,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorneys filed motions on Oct. 23 to dismiss Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case against ex-President Donald Trump. The three new motions, filed at 9:14 p.m. Monday, aim to dismiss the case based on statutory and constitutional reasons. 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